BROADCASTING AGAIN TODAY FROM WASHINGTON DC

We're located at radio row in the Capitol Hill Holiday Inn along with talk show hosts from around the country. (See Neal on the webcam! Today he's on the lower right hand cam. Okay, back to the upper left cam.) Yesterday we had quite a few interesting guests ... today promises to be better. We kicked it off with Karl Rove, Johnny Isakson stopped by, who's next?  For me, this is all a celebration of the fact that The Poodle will not be sworn in as President of the United States tomorrow.  Thank you God.

WHO REPRESENTS THE STATES?

Just a thought.  As you watch the inauguration ceremonies this week try to give just a second or two of thought to the original intent of our founding fathers ... an intent that seems to be lost on most of the people now serving and working in Washington.  That intent was that most of the governing that affects the people of the United States was supposed to be at the local level.  The Constitution strictly limits the powers of the federal government, and specifically states that all powers not granted specifically to the federal government are to be reserved for the states or the people.  Now ... since the states are supposed to do most of the governing, here's your question.  Who represents the 50 states in Washington D.C.?  

Stumped?  Almost every country in the world has some official representation in Washington, but who represents the states?  Answer:  Nobody.

You can thank the 17th Amendment.  Zell Miller wanted the 17th Amendment repealed.  It was a brilliant move, but the nation wasn't listening.

BASHING BUSH THROUGH CONDI RICE

You poor, pathetic saps in California.  Aren't you embarrassed?  Georgia may have Cynthia McKinney, and lord knows that's not good ... but you have Barbara Boxer.  Sucks to be you.

In case the left in this country didn't notice, George Bush won re-election on November 2, 2004. His electoral victory was decisive; he received more votes than any candidate for president in our nation's history. His opponent, The French Poodle from Massachusetts, conceded the next day. Game over.

Unless, of course, you're Barbara Boxer. The Senator from California, who is somewhere left of Fidel Castro on the political spectrum, won't accept the result. She even went so far as to become the only Senator to challenge the certification of the electoral votes confirming the president's re-election. That's something even Al Gore wouldn't go for. So what is she up to now?

Well, after her much more civilized Democratic colleague from California introduced Dr. Rice with glowing remarks, Barbara Boxer went to work making an idiot out of herself. She accused Condoleezza Rice of being a liar, saying she didn't have respect for the truth. She also whined about how people were still dying in Iraq, and that the administration had not admitted any mistakes. Basically the standard leftist talking points.

But make no mistake: this has nothing to do with Dr. Rice's nomination to become secretary of state. This is all about the extreme left's hatred for George Bush, and their strategy to do anything they can to get the president. 

The only problem is it isn't working...they're just making fools of themselves, and Barbara Boxer is leading the charge.

THE RELENTLESS PUBLICITY WHORE

There is a name for people who seek attention in the media at all costs. They're called publicity whores -- publicity pimps.   Michael Newdow could be one of the biggest ever. Who is Michael Newdow? He's the character that's been filing all of the lawsuits claiming to be offended at various expressions of religion. 

You see, Newdow is an atheist, and he thinks everybody else should be too. He's tried to get the Pledge of Allegiance banned nationwide. No dice. He tried to get the president's inaugural prayer banned because he claimed it was unconstitutional. He likewise came up empty. You would think after all of that, he would go away. Of course not.

In an emergency filing with the Supreme Court yesterday, Newdow claims that a prayer at the inauguration tomorrow would violate the Constitution by forcing him to accept unwanted religious beliefs. He also says Chief Justice William Rehnquist should recuse himself from the case, because he will be swearing in Bush.

He will get about as far with that one as he has with the other cases. Perhaps it's time the Supreme Court should put him in jail for filing frivolous lawsuits. What a waste of space.  If the media would start ignoring this slug he would slither away.

SENATOR TELLS EUROPE TO GET OVER IT

An odd defender of President Bush's yesterday in the form of Democratic Delaware Senator Joseph Biden. This would not be what you would call support of the president. Not even a little bit. Yet he made a statement that is worth paying attention to.

Speaking at the Condoleezza Rice confirmation hearings Biden had this to say:

"I spent a little time in Europe recently, and I have one simple message: Get over it. Get over it. President Bush is our president for the next four years, so get over it and start to act in your interest, Europe."

It's worth pointing out that Biden could replace 'Europe' with 'Democrats' and make the same statement. Come Noon tomorrow the left will have to live with George Bush until January 20, 2009. 

SEND HELP TO CONNECTICUT

Those of you who are represented by Andrew Fleischman in Connecticut need to do something about this fool.  He has spent some time reading the U.S. and the Connecticut Constitutions and has decided that the people of Connecticut have a right to know the actual starting time of a movie.  A "right" my friends.  So Fleischman has introduced legislation in Connecticut that would require movie theatres to post the exact starting time of the movie so that people can skip the ads and preview trailers.

First of all, there's a practical problem with this.  If the exact starting time of the movie is listed that's when people will walk into the theatre.  People who were there a few minutes early will have to suffer while people are moving about and finding their seats as the movie is beginning.

Put that aside, though, and consider an elected official who has created a whole new "right."  The right to know when a movie starts?  It's idiots like Andrew Fleischman who have brought us our burdensome and hideously expensive local and federal governments.  Oh, didn't I tell you?  Fleischman wants this to eventually become a Federal law!

Remember this fool the next time you Connecticut folks have an election.

READING ASSIGNMENTS

A former ambassador to the United Nations says that the U.N. funds global terrorism.  Now why exactly do we  put up with such behavior on our own soil?

Here is the transcript of the complete exchange between Barbara Boxer and Condoleezza Rice.  Democrats sure do seem mean these days, don't they?

The government reports that obesity is about to overtake smoking as the #1 cause of death each year.  Wait a minute...check that.  The CDC is now admitting that obesity-related deaths have been overstated.  Perhaps there's hope after all.

The FBI is abandoning its Internet surveillance technology, known as Carnivore.  Instead, they will use wiretaps on a case-by-case basis.  But wait, this can't be.  I thought John Ashcroft was the devil! There must be some mistake.

The Axis of Evil is growing....we now have "the six outposts of tyranny."  Should keep bomb production booming, no pun intended.

Mark Steyn takes a look at the uproar over Prince Harry's choice of costume at a party and points out that the reaction may be more ridiculous than the actual costume that caused the uproar.

President Bush has been conducting interviews with the mainstream media this week, and the questions seem to be getting more and more ridiculous.  The Media Research Center reports.

Is it possible that the government is overprotecting us from the war on terror?  Walter E. Williams says it's a question that deserves t be asked.

You know that story about the U.S. Marine that killed a cop because he didn't want to go back to Iraq?  Michelle Malkin says almost all of the story is a lie.  Must-read material.

George Bush preaches about an "ownership society" and seems to support free market solutions to most problems.  That is, until it comes to education.  That's when, as Terence Jeffrey points, the president becomes a big-government man.

Seeing eye dog left package on basketball court during half-time.

Liberals are protesting tomorrow's inauguration by not spending money. They're calling it Not One Damn Dime. Won't make any difference, but let them have at it if it makes them happy.

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